Creating a Quick Unreal Engine 4 Rocky Forest Scene

Quick Forest scene I put together in Unreal Engine 4. Scene took me a little over 3 hours from start to finish. Made this video a bit slower than most of them, if you prefer it slowed down a little more like this please let me know and I will continue to do so in the future!
This one had a bit of back and forth in terms of its design from start to finish and this was mostly due to the fact I had no idea what I wanted to do when I started it so it was entirely designed on the fly without any inspirational images or even the images I usually create in my head that I want things to look like before starting.
This scene was created using a combination of assets from The Kite Demo, Conifer Forest Collection, Landscape Auto Material, and a few of my own.
All music in the video is from Unreal Tournament 3.

[@evilmrfrank]

After rewatching this the next day I can definitely say this scene turned out a bit busy but overall I think it still came out pretty good. Hoping to get more nature scenes out in the near future, will focus on getting some in that are a bit less busy overall and more interesting in terms of composition :)

[@LittleRainGames]

evilmrfrank Busy is good, a forest never stops.

[@d3vism]

Absolutely stunning. Fantastic work!

[@2moose4u]

It's awesome seeing that much detail and thought put into one scene! Great job once again!

[@StephaneCharre]

Impressive! Perhaps you should use WorldMachine for the landscape when you have no ideas. It helps a lot. I'm a huge fan, thank you for this!

[@MrAlucardDante]

Good job buddy, truly photorealistic

[@blade7532]

Could you do a livestream or a video where you create a scene in real time with explanations and stuff? I'd really like to hear that, because that's the best way to learn^^

[@TheSpace928]

This is so awesome! I love the work your doing.

[@AngelOf1000]

Absolutely beautiful, great job and I hope my forest scene turns out as good :)

[@StephaneCharre]

Hey man, Is there a possibility you may share these cliff rocks ?

[@zoldrinth3886]

DUDE I literally SEE YOU IN EVERY UE4 VID XDXD

[@somethingthatpops]

How heavy are these scenes that you make? Like are they easy for the average computer to handle in real time, or do you need something with a little more oomph to play it?

[@BrainSeepsOut]

Get this man on the Half Life 3 team already.

[@Shivaxi]

do you just creare this quick UE4 scenes for fun? or are they ever used in other games/projects? Also if you ever need any music for these videos, I make tons of stuff, a lot of which is UT inspired =)

[@evilmrfrank]

I just create these because they are a lot of fun and they are an amazing way to practice :) I am not actively looking for more music for my videos but if you have some music of yours I'll definitely check it out :)

[@Shivaxi]

awesome man! I'll try to link you to my soundcloud here but not sure if KZbin will block the comment. Here you go though! soundcloud.com/shivaxi

[@kubas609]

I think, if you want you can be perfect in creating maps for games. For start check this renegade-x.com :) I really want to play your MAPS! (In download is tools, it works at Unereal D. kit i think..)

[@flat1ine751]

Awesome as always

[@BiisheerMC]

Great video man. only one question... What are the specifications of your computer? beacuse In the last year i created a small project but when i create a one project more big mi pc cant created the lights correct and the fps are too low xD

[@FrozzenBlazze]

Amazing work man

[@hamimseater]

looks preeetty good. but the postprocessing is too red.

[@ChimeraProd]

Which package did you get the rocks and cliffs from? The kite demo? Amazing work I love every one of your videos so inspiring !

[@allybelly]

This looks AMAZING! How did you create those beams of light?

[@MadMrAdam]

Looks like the light beam blueprint found in this example scene docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/BlueprintExamples/FogSheet/index.html

[@Eventwow]

I want to see what your doing on your main screen =D

[@mhnoni]

I know this scene not meant to be optimized for gameplay but how many fps you get and what is your GPU ? your scene looks very beautiful btw .

[@CinematicCaptures]

Do you think you will ever make a game? These scenes are so beautiful

[@evilmrfrank]

I am working on a game, check the video I uploaded before this one ;)

[@CinematicCaptures]

Awesome man! Will you be able to play it without a VR Headset?

[@pazselmo]

You make it look like damn easy. I wonder when you will make a tutorial or show a complete scene in normal speed time? I wanna learn all

[@thedevo01]

Great video, really. The only criticism I could make would be that trees angles aren't thrown off by angled land; Just look at trees that grow on the side of hills or mountains. They grow vertically.

[@evilmrfrank]

I definitely agree, thats actually something I stopped doing in my levels several years back XD I see what you mean in this scene though it does definitely look like I was positioning a couple of those trees like that especially the one directly in front on the left, I was more just trying to give them slight offsets to make them look a little more natural but definitely over did it on a few of those :P

[@deadmorose4741]

Did you made or give material? Is a substance material or from ue? Scene is amazing

[@dimeolas777]

just want to know how you got that lighting, really sweet

[@DarkconV2]

Did you create all these assets for your environment? Also, how did you set up your lighting?

[@rapiidjuul2227]

Bruh talented af

[@tonybargiel]

Awesome man

[@simplygaming2280]

Looks amazing! Curious though, I heard it was a free download for the Unreal Engine 4..does it come with all rocks, grass, trees etc. or are those all things you have to download elsewhere?? Thought it'd be fun to make one myself (won't come close to your quality I'm sure) but just wanted something new to try. Also, show this stuff to Ubisoft to get there quality up yours in just dead on!

[@evilmrfrank]

UE4 is free and they also provide a lot of free assets but most of the assets in this video were paid for on the marketplace.

[@simplygaming2280]

Thanks for the fast feedback appreciate it.

[@yumadedisimadedis8912]

So if i would use this map in a game, i would render 98% of all parts, that i dont even see, because they are under the ground or stuck inside other things? 0,5 FPS?

[@ChristianClodfelter]

The Master!

[@KaiCent]

Nice job Ben,Quixel Megascans? ;) wish i could buy the whole package :D nice composition!

[@evilmrfrank]

Didn't use any of the Quixel Megascans stuff, although I'd love to get into checking some of that out and possibly doing a scene with them at some point just dont have the money to buy them atm :P

[@KaiCent]

yes, same here. working on stuff to create a similar workflow. Photoscans look great but it is a pain in the butt to make :D

[@VDVit_2013]

Eughh...great scene, but you really destroyed it with that overlay. Natural colors looked much better.

[@StephaneCharre]

I agree 8:23 was quite well :)

[@The9PointStar]

Same thought here.. natural colors are the best, amazing scenee

[@stsrigek2170]

I think he should have desaturated it slightly and then added a light tint of green

[@austinisafk6758]

keep them up

[@Shivaxi]

eeehhhh!!! long time no see man :)

[@KarlooAudi]

Is this for Last of us 2?

[@exilemod5852]

Impressive! Did you make the assets on your own, too?

[@evilmrfrank]

Bought most of them from the marketplace, a few I made myself. Check the description for the full list :)

[@exilemod5852]

Thank you for the response. The description did not display on my mobile :)

[@muhammadhafiz1582]

Please do tutorial especially on the lighting :D

[@MCMenace101]

You should do tutorials u a so talented, u earned a sub from me ;)

[@Revalopod]

Make a tutorial! I wanna learn this engine!

[@moderinminers9591]

круто! круто! круто! круто! круто !круто! круто! круто! круто!

[@dammilo]

great work. not really a fan of the postprocessing on this one, tho

[@evilmrfrank]

Yea I was trying to push it slightly more into a late afternoon look with that but it was slightly over done :)

[@raaaaaaaaaam496]

Yee

[@cloramin7372]

do you work in a gaming company?

[@xlugoz]

kirigaya k He is a level designer at Studio Wildcard

[@Revalopod]

He made Ark Survival Evolved maps I think

[@cloramin7372]

nice, thanks for answering

[@Revalopod]

:)

[@NodRodge]

Hey you don't have time for this, get back to work!